Coin and ticket separating machine.



F. B. KENNEDY.

com AND TICKET SEPARATING MACHINE.

-APPLlCATION H LED JULY 5- 191 2.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

' [kaen to r 174/2 /3:. A e/z lady Atiornay.

F.B.K ENNEDY. COIN AND TICKET SEPARATING MACHINE.

fl m M a f n n, uw 0 m y APPLICATlON FILED JULY 5, I912.

m T D nse-F M OFFICE FRANK B." KENNEDY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE RECORDING AN D COMPUTING'MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO-v, 1

comnnn TICKET SEPARATING'MA-CHIN To an whom it may concern: Y

.-Be it known that I, F RAN 1; B. I\n.\' \'1 :nY,-a citizenlof the United States. residing at hew Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have nvented new and useful{Improvements n Coin and Ticket Separating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Thi invention is an improved machine for tseparating tickets; transfers, passes, or

similar objects-of light weight from rela-- tivelyheavynretallic'coins or tokens.

i The embodiment of this invention which is" herein shown is applied to a fare box of the general --.ty pe employed upon pay-as-.yo uenter cars; in which metallic coins and pasteboard tickets are deposited by the passengers-in a common hopper or receiymg opening of the fare box and are then sepa- .rated for accounting or auditing purposes. Inthe embodiment here n illustratethit is assumed that the coins-after being-separated are registered and delivered to a coin drawer accessible to the conductor for his use in making change,.'whi1e the tickets after being separated are delivered to a'locked box or drawer accessible only to anlinspector or other ofiicial of the company. v

Figure 1 of the drawmgsis a plan 'VIGW, Fig. 2 a side elevation and Fig. 3 an end "elevationpof the exterior-of a registering fare bo embodyingthe present invention. Fig.

41s a sidefelevation partly in section taken through: the iongitudinal center-of the separator. 5 is an end view in section taken substantially along the -line 5 5 oft-Fig. 4, chiefly showing the driving connections from :the coin registering devic'e'sto the revolving separator. Fig. 6 is an endview and Fig. 7 u side view of'the separator cylinder, removed from the machine. The upper half being shownin'section in F ig. 7. Fig. 8 is an end' viewand I*ig. 9 a side. new of a modified form and arrangement of.v theseparatjo Fig. 10, islan end view showing a -modified arrangement for oscillating the ticket' cylinderi instead of rotating it.

pro ided for enabling the cond'uctor or attendant to operate the interior mechanism by turning the crank. 'A ticket drawer 4 which may be of any-desired capacity for receiving Specification of Letters Patent.

.machines' are intended to receive.

Patented J an. 25, 1916.

Application filed July 5, 1912. Serial No. 707,662.

, the separated tickets is herein shown to be provided with a lock 5 by means of which the tickets may be made inaccessible to the conductor. A coin drawer 6 for receivlng the coins may also be locked if desired' But it is now considered desirable to release the coins for the-use of the conductor in making change after they have been registered with-' 1n the box, in which casethecoln drawer-is left unlocked and accessibleto the conductor.

in a position to be read through'the glazed opening 8. The mechanism of this register and the-mechanism by which the coins are registered thereon are not shown herein in detail since they form no part of the inventiondescribed and claimed herein.

The inspection chamber 10 through which the coins, and tickets are introduced t0 the machine is or may be of the ordinary construction, having glazedsides through which the coins and tickets-deposited-by passengers may be examined by the conductor as they slide down the inclined plates 11. I Thetop. of the chamber is provided with slots or perforations of a suitable size for admitting the coins and tickets which the At. the bottom of the observation chamber thecoins and tickets fall upon a tilting platform (not shown) operated by the external lever,12 by nieansof which the conductor may discharge its contents at will-into the interior mechanism, best shown in sidefview in Figs.

l to 7 inclusive. When the platform or trap door'is thus tilted the coins'and tickets fall on an inclined chute 13 which guides them all to the interior of theseparator; which in the present embodimentis illustrated'as consisting mainly of a cylindrical drum 14 having its peripheral 'wall providedhvith apertures lfi-of' a size suitable 'for permitting the exit therethrough of the largest gain which the machine is intended to hane. the tickets employed are made' too large to pass through these coin apertures 15. of the. separator. The separator is mounted in bearing supports 16 and 17 folirotation upon prevent the coins from sliding toot ra pidly.

According tothe plan of operation; a

'105 an axis inclined from the horizontal, so that the tickets and coins tend to gravitate :to-

over their discharge apertures 15, and passing out through the discharge opening 18 at the lower end of the separator, which is intended only for the exit of the tickets, one or more obstructing ribs or dams 20 are provided within the separator. As the lighter tickets accumulate in front of these obstructions, they pile up high enough to pass over the obstruction, whereas the coins beingheavier, and being discharged freely through the coin apertures 15 are less liable to pile up, at least sutliciently to pass over the top of the obstruction. For additional safety, however, a plurality of these obstructing ribs or dams are disposed along the length of the separator to take care of COlllS'WdllCll 1n the case of a sudden rapid accession of coins, may be carried over one or more of the obstructing dams 20. The number, height and character of these dams or obstructions should be adapted to the conditions found to exist in any" case. In the arrangement illustrated in. Figs. l, 5 and 6 the dams consist of internal annular ribs 20 extending around the inner circumference of the separator, and being appurtenant to the separator, rotate .with it. To facilitate carrying the coins and tickets with the rotary movement of the separator, and thus prevent them from remaining too much at the lower portion of the separator, spurs orpins 21 are provided which stir,up the tickets and coins and tend to carry them with the rotary movement of the separator until they reach an anglewhich causes them to fall or slide off. This also facilitates the movement of the tickets over the successive dams 20 toward their discharge opening 18. The tickets which are discharged through.

the opening 18 at the end of the separator fall or slide along the passage 22 to the ticket receptacle 4, which maybe locked against removal by any except an authorized inspector or collector.

The coins which fall through the peripheral coin apertures 15 of the separator are here assumed to fall upon or into the coin plate. or hopper 23 of suitable registering- .the separator 30 which as in the previous instance isshown to be a perforated'cylindrical drum, is mounted for rotation upon an inclined axis, although for convenience of pro]ect1on is shown in these views 111' a horizontal position. The separator is supported at its ends by means of spiders 31 and 32, the former of which is supported for rotation upon and around the fixed central shaft 33, while the hub of the other spider 32 extends through and is journaled in a hub 34 of,the delivery chute 35 this being the discharge end of the apparatus. A gear wheel 36 or other suitable driving connection is secured to the hub of the spider 32, by means of which the desired rotary movement is imparted to the separator from the registering or other associated mechanism of the machine. In this modification, the dams 38, forming the. obstructions over which the tickets must pass are supported upon the fixed shaft 33 and therefore do not turn with'the separator. ,As shown herein (Fig. 8) the upper edges .39 of these dams are about as high as the axial center of the separator; but these heights may obviously be varied, and the number andt'he disposal of these dams may be modified to suit the conditions ,under which the apparatus is to be employed. V

'Fig. 10 shows a method ofoscillating the ticket cylinder instead. of rotating it, by.

means of a crank 42'on the gear 46, connected by the rod 43 toa pin 44 on the cylinder 45.

I clalm as my 1nvent1on:

1. In an apparatus for separating coins from tickets, a separator provided with discharge apertures of a size to permit the passage of coins but to prevent the passage of tickets. and with another discharge aperture for tickets, said separator having means to retard'the passage of the coins toward said ticket discharge aperture without prevent ing tickets from passing through such aperture.

2. In an apparatus for separating coins from tickets, a separator provided with discharge apertures of a size to permit the passage pf coins but to prevent the passage of tickets and with another discharge .aperture for tickets located beyond the discharge apertures for the coins, and means arranged between the'two kinds-of apertures for retarding the movementof the coins toward the ticket discharge aperture without preventing the movjzinent of the tickets toward said ticket discharge aperture.

3. In an apparatus for separating coins from.tickets. a separator provided with discha'rge apertures of a size to permit the passage of coins butto prevent the passage of tickets and with another discharge aperture:

for tickets loca'ted 'beyond the discharge aperture for the coins. said separator am;-

andtickets tomove toward said tickettlis charge aperture, and means arranged .mg movement tending to cause both coins pass through the coin. discharge aperture.-

charge aperture.

discharge aperture and' causing the coins to 4. In coin and ticket separating apparatus,-the combination of a rotary separator provided with discharge apertures for the coins, a discharge aperture for tickets, and means for obstructing the movement ofthe coins away from their discharge apertures toward the ticket -discharge apertures.

5. In apparatus for separating cpins and tickets, the combination of a separator pro vided with discharge openings for the coins and a larger discharge opening for tickets, means for supporting and rotating the'sepa rator on an inclined axis, whereby thedirection of gravitation of the coins and tickets is across the coin apertures toward the ticket aperture, and means located between the coin apertures and the ticket aperture for obstructingthe fiowofcoins toward the' ticket discharge aperture.-

6. In apparatus for separating coins and tickets, a rotary separator having a peripheral surface provided with coin apertures, a ticket aperture, means for obstructing flow of coins and ticketstoward the ticket dis- 7. In an apparatus for separating coins and tickets, the combination with a cylindrical separator to cause the coins and tickets to move lengthwise thereof and provided with coin discharge apertures-through its peripheral portion and having a ticket discharge aperture through its end portion, of means for obstructing the flow of coins and tickets along the. peripheral portion toward the ticket discharge aperture and for causapertures.

ing the coins to pass through said peripheral 8. In apparatus for separating coins and tickets, the combination of a separator substantially in the form of an open-ended cylinder having one end disposed for receiving the coins-and tickets and having'its peripheral portion providedlwith coin discharge openings and its-opposite end portion provided' with, a ticket discharge opening and -meansto,preventthe coins froni reaching said; ticket discharge opening.

9. In apparatus for separating coins and tickets, the combination of a separator in the form of an open-ended cylinder disposed for rotation upon an inclined axis with its upper end located in position for receiving mixed coins and tickets, the peripheral portion of the cylinder being "provided with coin. discharge openings leading to coin reg-' tickets through the end of thecylindric'al istering mechanism, and the opposite-lower open end of the-cylinder being connected with'a receptacle for receiving the separated separator.

- 10.;In coin andticketseparating appa- ,.ratu's, thef combination', with a rotatable separator arranged to cause the coins and tickets to move inlan axial direction, said for .the tickets arranged beyond the discharge openings for the coins, of means for obstructing the flow of the coins in an axial direction through the separator.

11. In apparatus for separating coins and tickets, the combination'of a separator providcd with openings through its walls for discharging-the coins, means for supporting and rotating the separator on an inclined axis whereby thecoins gravitate in an axial direction through the separator, and means for obstructing the gravity flow of the coins in an axial direction.

- 12. In apparatus for separating coins and tickets, the combination of a separator provid'edwith openings through its'walls .for discharging the coins, means for supporting for coins and tickets, of means for separatmg the coins or tickets and delivering them to different receptacles,'including an open' ended cylindrical separator disposed for re celvmg the mixed coins and -tickets in one end and discharging the separated tickets from the other end, the intervening wall of the separatori'being provided with dis chargeapertures for the coinsand having means to cause the coins to sald apertures.

. 14.- The combination, in

pass th'rough a fare receiver and rotating the separator on-an inclined axis, whereby the coins gravitate In an axial.

;9o 13. The combination, in a'fare' receiver for coins and tickets, of means for" separat:

ing the coins or tickets and'delivering them to different receptacles, of an open ended cylindrical separator disposed for receiving the mixed coins and tickets in one end and discharging the separated tickets to one of said receptacles, the wall of-the separator being provided with discharge apertures for the coins, and'with barriers for obstructing the flow of coins and tickets longitudinal of the separator. 1

15. In a coin and ticket fare receiver, the combination of an open ended cylindrical separator disposed' for' receiving the How of coin and tickets lengthwise through the interiorgof the separator, disc'har'ge openings for the coins located in the peripheral walls of the separator and peripherally disposed "dams upon-the interior wall of the separator for. obstructing the flow of coins and tickets longitudinally through the separator.

-16. In a coin and ticket fare receiver. the

terior of the separator, discharge openings oaths coins located in the peripheral walls 23 combination of an open ended cylindrical of the separator and peripherally disposed dams upon the interior wall of the separator for obstructing the flow of coins and tickets longitudinally through the separator, and a discharge opening for the tickets arranged beyond said dams.

17, In 'a receiver for cash and ticket fares, the combination of an open-ended separator mounted for rotation upon an inclined axis, means for directing the flow of coins and tickets into the upper open end of the separator, coin dischargeapertures in the peripheral wall 01 the separator, a coin receptacle below the peripheral holes. and a conduit for the tickets leading from the lower open end of the inclined separator.

18. In apparatus for receiving cash and ticket "fares, the combination of separate receptacles ior the coins and tickets, an open ended cylindrical separator mounted for rotation upon an inclined axis with its lower open end connected with the ticket receptacle, and having peripheral coin apertures leading to the coin receptacle, and means for directing the stream of mixed coins and tickets into the open endof the sepa 'ator and means to cause the coins to pass through said peripheral apertures.

19. In apparatus for receiving mixed coin and ticket fares, means for separating the coins and tickets and delivering them to different receptacles, consisting of an open.- ended cylindrical separator mounted for rotation upon an inclined axis with its lower open end communicating with the ticket re ceptacle, coin apertures through the peripheral cylimlrical wall of the separator, means for obstructing the flow of the coins and tickets along the separator'to cause the coins to pass through said coin apertures, and means for directing the mixed coinsand tickets into the upper open end of the sepa rator.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses this 1st day of July, 1912.

FRANK. B. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

ANNA C. NYSTROM, M. DE FOREST YATES. 

